As a few of you may have noticed, I recently made facebook unbearably annoying. In my eagerness, I jumped in feet first without paying attention to anything around me. It’s a terrible habit that I’m not sure I will ever break. This post is my way of apologizing and trying to explain myself.
What started out as a summer project has become a real and true passion that I would like to continue indefinitely. Initially, I started Mainstreamin’ as a way to improve my writing skills and entertain people in the process. However, I’ve discovered that I really enjoy penning these reviews and would like to continue doing so.
You see, Mainstreamin’ has gone from something that I figured I would do once a week and turned onto a small obsession. I really would like to review more films and write more frequently. I want to turn my eyes towards DVD releases, older films and possibly even check out some new music that I would not otherwise go within fifty feet of. If I can make someone chuckle in the process, I’m all for it.
Unfortunately, I truly felt that by constantly pimping my updates on my own facebook feed that I was risking annoying those friends and family who don’t share my masochistic tendencies, or just don’t care all that much for cinema. To that end, I made a facebook page for just Mainstreamin’, and THEN discovered that I am (and will probably always be) a jackass. So to everyone who was nice enough to accept ‘Mainstreamin’ Reviews’ friend request, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. It must be hard to put up with my goofs sometimes. I have now created a fan page that anyone can just ‘like’ in order to see my updates, offer their own thoughts, harass me and just generally have a good time.
I also did this in order to separate myself, Taras, from my work. I want my personal facebook page to stay that way: personal. I didn’t feel comfortable making public updates every time I updated Mainstreamin’. As usual though, I didn’t stop to think how it would look to an outside observer until my patient, ever-suffering wife pointed it out. For that, I am very, truly grateful. I knew what I wanted to do and then I just went out and did it. Unfortunately, I did it all wrong.
Mainstreamin’ is no longer a pet project, it’s something that I’ve grown to love doing for more than just the laughs. I actually look forward to deconstructing movies and find myself constantly thinking of things to say from angles that I never see in film reviews, even the least serious of the lot.
To everyone—friends, family and strangers—who have stayed with me and enjoyed my reviews up to this point, thank you very much. I truly appreciate your support so far and I hope that I can continue to entertain everyone with my particular brand of sardonic charm.
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